kersantonn.
/ˈkəːsəntən/ Mineralogy.
A dark-coloured rock allied to kersantite.
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red rock1721
oriental verd-antique1852
kersanton1862
kersantite1868
uralite-porphyry1868
monchiquite1891
vogesite1891
camptonite1895
hedrumite1896
wyomingite1897
spessartite1908
rhyodacite1913
rhyolite1932
1862 G. P. Scrope Volcanos (ed. 2) 112 The augitic rocks of this class have likewise numerous varieties, respectively called..Diabase, Kersanton, [etc.].
1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks xii. 239 Kersantite differs mainly from kersanton in containing more or less hornblende.
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